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wkomorow t1_j0cckbu wrote

Thanks, I just got my monthly gas bill $86 for furnance and indirect water heater. It was $207 last year this time. Heat pumps really help. My electric went up to $68, it was $47 last year this time, and last month it was $18. I am on a city electric pool, so my rate is .09 per kw, which helps There wasn't a lot of really sunny days, so my panels could only do so much. Snow covered them for a day even though it was sunny after the last storm. I may just set my main thermostat to 61 and keep it there and not run the splits in the bedroom. My bedroom is on the second floor of a cape so it accumulates heat from the first floor. Having a warm mist humidifier really makes a big difference. I also put down the shades and close the drapes before sunset and open after sunrise. (They are automated, so I really don't do much.) And I keep the door closed on rooms I am not in.

I appreciate the advise, Jan is always the real test.

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UniWheel t1_j0d2bn3 wrote

>I am on a city electric pool, so my rate is .09 per kw

Damn you are lucky :-)

With those rates, I'd use the heat pumps exclusively.

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wkomorow t1_j0d6kcx wrote

Don't know what happens Jan 2024, but Pittsfield contracted with Dynegy Electric Services a fixed rate at $0.09603 per kWh for all rate classes for 36 months (January 2021 to January 2024). The mayor deserves a lot of credit for this deal. Great Barrington just went wit Dynergy and their rate is $.22. Salem is locked in at $.11 to the end of 2024.

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